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raumdeuter:
They told us Leicester lost because they are 17th on the
Table

Spurs are 3rd and still lost to a mid table Belgian team

Epl is a useless league

raumdeuter:
Gent 8th in the Belgian league sent out Spurs 3rd in the EPL

Belgian League >>> EPL

airmark:
Oponu ni Dayo raumdeuter

MRTA7:
Yeah, monaco are done.

raumdeuter:
Where are the Pep haters

Pep saves English football

raumdeuter:
Gentle reminder that it took City 6 attempts to reach one semi final

afrodoc2:
Gentle reminder?

CONTEDDICTED:
Keep struggling like your club

CONTEDDICTED:
Time to see what the French media hype of Monaco youngsters is all about

Sidibe, Bokoyako, Lemar and Mbappe ....Bernardo Silva is a Mata/Mkhi kinda guy so I don't really like him

Mbappe is the best talent I know right now

Johnnyessence:
It really shows islam is a ritual religion. There's no peaceful prayer in what they are doing here. And if everyone can watch well they are reading the citation from their quoran. Now if pmb eventually dead they will be happy. Well I used to pray for my enemies to be shamefully sick till he or she will regain and confess all her sins. Cos God can still give such a person another chance. All is well.

Lana1:
Lol. No worry. I believe say we go win this one

elampiro:
So you think Kagawa10 is even making sense? Then you need to check yourself.

Kagawa10 said Di Maria was benched at the beginning of the season. When I proved him wrong, he said it was when Kheidera injured that Di Maria was used. Then I showed him Di Maria and Kheidera played together, then he brought the issue of Bale.

This was Di Maria who played when Modric was benched. Di Maria was selected in big UCL fixtures in group games and the knockout stages.

TheGoodJoe:

You are not sure if they will bench at Newcastle. However, that was my point this whole time. With lots English teams favoring a deep line set up, it is easier for their defenders to look good. Just like Terry. He is one of the best defenders in the history of the EPL. However, when Villas-Boas put him in a high line set up, he looked worse than an average player.

Although, Newcastle is exempted because of Benitez.

TheGoodJoe:

We can judge the quality of talents by looking at some of the recent defensive talents of Belgium to England.

Kompany, Alderweireld, Vertonghen to Cahill, Jones and Smalling.

TheGoodJoe:

It seems you like Jones. Not a fan of his at all. Even before he joined Manchester United.

TheGoodJoe:


I was making an Illustration of the limited ability of English players. My remark was in reference to the repping of Championship defenders to our defenders. Most importantly, the discussion was about Ekong.

I believe from what I saw in games of Ekong that he is better than many defenders in the championship and I used the limited abilities in holding the ball of Jones and Smalling who still play for one of the biggest clubs in the World to illustrate this.

Jones and Smalling are very limited but they play for Manchester United. So are players who are worse than Ekong playing in clubs in the EPL and the Championship. This is due to the hinging on huff and puff football as the English way.

TheGoodJoe:

Watched Jones drift into midfield lots of games and watched him play in defensive midfield. However, he is very limited and does not have footballing abilities close to the likes of other quality defenders. He is not close to even Bailly, Rojo and Blind. Let alone Vertonghen, Alderweireld or Vermaelen.

He is limited.

TheGoodJoe:

Smalling and Jones are in no way to quality midfielders. Their success and reign can only stay in the EPL, where kick and push is the other of the day. You can not find these type of players in teams that express themselves during play. Can you see Jones and Smalling playing in teams like Juventus and Roma? These guys will not thrive in a high line pattern. Just defend. That makes it easy to push this kind of players.

How many English defenders today do you know can hold the ball like Stones? Meanwhile, Stones is not up there with some of the best in the game today. So, it is easier to drop a quality defending talent and push the likes Stones but difficult to push the many quality defending talents in Nigeria.

It is harder. Then add the English work permit rule to that.

I am talking of English clubs. Not top clubs. Very hard for most English defenders to become stars at Barcelona but Evans kept Pique on the bench at Manchester United.

Kagawa10:
I'm grateful that my brain isn't often in the state of dormancy as yours. So why shouldn't I think with it?

Am I the cause of the state of your dormant stupid brain?

Leave me abegi, I aint the cause of your problem.

Nihilist:
How can you be repeatedly molested by the same club over multiple seasons at the same stage?

Even my local sarewagba is not this loyal.

Haba.